The Day The Music Died: The Last Tour Of Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens
The Rambling Taoist (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
For Don McLean , the music died on a cold February night in 1959 when Buddy Holly , Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper's tiny chartered plane did a nosedive into a frozen Iowa cornfield (see the story below). The music died for me much later -- though I no longer remember the exact year -- when my maternal grandmother (Floy Danforth Sparling) died of an aneurysm right before my eyes. When she took her...
GaragePunk.com (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Host: ixnayray We’re takin’ no prisoners on this 8th edition of Way Past Cool. The Necessary Evils, the Sermon, This Damn Town and the Cave 4 are dukin’ it out with Cab Calloway, Ritchie Valens and the Coasters. So it’s a punk, surf, jazz and blues brawl. There’s gonna be blood, hair and teeth all over [...] ShareThis
JoBlo (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
It seems like Buddy Holly is indeed alive and well, in more ways than one (maybe even more than Gary Busey these days). A little while ago, we wrote about the new Jon Heder flick that is in production titled ALIVE AND WELL based on Bradley Denton's excellent sci-fi adventure novel Buddy Holly is Alive and Well on Ganymede. We'd also like to update you on a documentary chronicling... Read...
The Australian (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
MUSIC, books and films often come in near-standard lengths, but in the age of iTunes, YouTube and Kindle that may change.
WNEW: Where Rock Lives (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
Originally known as Bob Keene's Del-Fi Records Studio, which was where Ritchie Valens recorded La Bamba and Bobby Fuller cut I Fought The Law, it became Mystic Sound Studio in 1969. Led Zeppelin cut Whole Lotta Love at Mystic.
donewaiting.com (Free subscription) | 11/13/2009
I made a cassette dub of the La Bamba soundtrack when I was in high school. The movie was pretty good (from what I can remember) and did a bang-up job of showing the early days of rock n’ roll. Simpler times, simpler music, much of it with a rockabilly slant. Something about Heavy Trash’s [...]
WNEW: Where Rock Lives (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Launched in the 1950s by Bob Keene, the version of Del-Fi that existed in Keene's home was where Ritchie Valens cut La Bamba and Donna. Later, in a space above a bank on Selma Avenue in LA, Keene recorded Bobby...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
At the Arlington West project in Santa Monica (Photo by roostercoupon via the LAist Featured Photos pool on Flickr) Today is Veteran's Day, when the US pauses and asks we remember those who have served the country. Here's some of what you can expect today as part of the holiday. Public Services Government offices, agencies, banks, courts, post offices, and several schools are closed. Trash pick up...
RightWingBob.com (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
On the current tour, Bob Dylan’s shows have not included an opening act. That will change for the final three (or four?) nights of the tour in New York City. The opening act on those nights will be the artist concisely known as Dion. Most famous for his big 1960s hits The Wanderer and Runaround [...]
Infidel Bloggers Alliance (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
Dion and the Belmonts Runaround Sue The Shangri Las Leader of the Pack The Angels My Boyfriend's Back Gene Chandler Duke of Earl Sam Cooke You Send Me Ritchie Valens La Bamba J Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers Last Kiss The Viscounts Harlem Nocturne
Zap2it.com - News (Free subscription) | 10/20/2009
The sound has been around for many years, and public television is giving it an extra showcase.
Pigeon Project (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Coalition-building came with dance steps, sequins and plenty of rhythm at Fiesta Latina, a concert held Tuesday night in a tent on the South Lawn of the White House as part of the White House Music Series. From the open tent, the White House was the performers’ backdrop. Gloria Estefan, Marc Anthony, José Feliciano, Los [...]
Grumpy Old Sod's Law (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
I'm not a fan of Twitter - it's called that for a very good reason. It is nothing more than haiku for morons, for people who think their every waking thought is worthy of being condensed into 140 characters and broadcast for the their own pointless and vacuous self-publicity. Yesterday afternoon, twitter was all a-twitter with posts about Jan Moir's Daily Mail column . I'm not a fan of the Daily Mail's...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
Coalition-building came with dance steps, sequins and plenty of rhythm at Fiesta Latina, a concert held as part of the White House Music Series.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 10/12/2009
One filmmaker wanted a project about music. The other wanted to make mainstream audiences more aware of Hispanic culture. One result is “Latin Music USA.”
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